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Identification of new components from anal glands ofTapinoma simrothi pheonicium
Journal of Chemical Ecology
|January 11, 2014
Abstract:
In addition to 2-methyl-4-heptanone, 6-methyl-5-hepten-2-one, and iridodials, the anal gland exudate of the dolichoderine ant,Tapinoma simrothi, contains 4-heptanone and 4-hydroxy-4-methyl-2-pentanone. The secretion functions as an alarm pheromone.
